Saturday, July 22, 2006

100 Degrees In The Shade

It’s been so hot, brain denaturing hot, and I don’t have A/C, so all I can do is lie here on my futon and let my hurricane fan blow down on me. It’s too hot to read anything that invokes heat, which means no romances for me for awhile (I’m finishing up The Long Tail instead). Maybe I’ll pick up Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News, which a friend once told me “just makes you feel cold” as you read about Quoyle’s life in Killick-Claw.

What books affect your temperature—whether invoking the heat or a chill—when you read them? Does this affect when you read them?

Some books just don't feel right to read during certain seasons-Persuasion and Sense & Sensibility are very autumn to me.

I hate the heat(fortunately have some good A/C) but one of the books I'm reading now,The Burning by Thomas Legendre,takes place in Las Vegas and Arizona which are way more hotter than NY so I feel cooled off in comparison:)

Greg Keye's newest book THE BLOOD KNIGHT. But it wasn't so much that the book made me feel cold, but it did transport me so thoroughly that I forgot I was sitting in sweltering 100 degree heat, which was a terrific thing indeed. Great book.

Ramsey Campbell's "Nazereth Hill" chills me to the bone. It's basically about an apartment building that used to be a mental hospital and it's one of the scariest books I've ever read. Set in England, it evokes a damp chill for me.

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A former bookseller, ex-bookie, failed model, and one-time TV receptionist, Linsey currently finds herself processing payroll for a large corporation and learning how to harness the power of the internet(s) to help author's promote their books.